In her later childhood, she was given inspiration and guidance in “how to be a lady” by her Step-Mother. Perhaps this is the attitude that allowed her to do whatever she wanted, and didn't give her a limited mindset of her capabilities as a women. Instead was allowed to play how she wished, long before the gender neutral debate came about. She was not restricted by her Father on how she could play, and it was never enforced at a young age that she must be ladylike, even though there was a social code for little girls, to be just that. She was given huge freedoms to learn herself, she was given a garden, in which she was responsible for and allowed to play in nature. Even her upbringing, rich in love- even though her Mother died when she was very little. The Hollywood film Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman, Damian Lewis and Robert Pattinson, is based on the life and travels of Gertrude Bell"-Front flap.There is a wealth of example for readers of the book to take.
Persian Pictures and Syria: The Desert and the Sown reveal her deep-rooted fascination with the people, culture and history of the Middle East, and her personal insights into their way of life. Bell also penned two acclaimed books of travel writing, from which the current volume comes. She campaigned tirelessly for women's right to an education, set up the Museum of Iraq and received an CBE her diplomatic work. Fierccely independent and well ahead of her time, Bell would go on to travel alone throughout the Middle East, getting recruited to work for British Intelligence during the First World War and later becoming an advisor to the King of Iraq. Having grown up in England, her lifelong fascination with the region began when she visited her uncle in Persia in 1892. "A keen traveller and explorer, Gertrude Bell led an extraordinary life that took her all over the Middle East.
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